Coffee and Heart, Metabolic Risks; What Drives Doctors Away; Ozempic for $100?

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Habitual moderate coffee consumption — 200-300 mg of caffeine/day — was tied to a lower risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity, a U.K. Biobank analysis found. (Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism)

The U.S. has seen a sudden drop in overdose deaths after decades of increases. (NPR)

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the Republican vice presidential candidate, gave Democrats a new attack line with his comments about health insurance. (STAT)

Two human cases of “raccoon roundworm” are under investigation in Los Angeles. (CBS News)

After 32 years, Doctors Without Borders closed its operations in Russia. (AP)

Physicians urged Finland’s government to change its plans to withhold non-emergency healthcare from migrants, warning it could cost lives. (The Guardian)

After a series of strikes this year, junior doctors in England accepted the government’s pay offer. (Reuters)

Here’s what U.S doctors say is driving them away from their current position. (Fierce Healthcare)

An estimated 40% of all cancer cases are associated with modifiable risk factors including tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, ultraviolet exposure, excessive alcohol consumption, pathogenic infections, and obesity, according to a new American Association for Cancer Research report.

Researchers expressed concern after drug and paraphernalia testing found an industrial stabilizer known as BTMPS in the illicit drug supply; the findings were published as a preprint on medRxiv.

The FDA approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda) with chemotherapy as first-line treatment for unresectable advanced or metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma.

The agency also alerted patients and providers about an increased risk of thigh bone fracture after surgery with the Zimmer Biomet CPT Hip System.

And the FDA issued draft guidance for randomized controlled drug trials that are integrated into clinical practice.

New data from the NIH’s RECOVER program suggested prevalent metformin use was tied to a lower risk of long COVID in adults with diabetes. (Diabetes Care)

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said major generic drugmakers told him semaglutide (Ozempic) could be produced for less than $100 a month. (NBC News)

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) says that extending postpartum Medicaid coverage to a year after birth is not necessary, the only state without that type of coverage for new moms. (KFF Health News)

Fallout from a retracted 2023 Springer Nature journal paper about rapid-onset gender dysphoria opened a rift among academic editors and journal staff and led to one editor’s resignation. (STAT)

A systematic review showed that electronic health record (EHR) nudges were tied to descriptive and patient-centered measures, but evidence about clinical outcomes was less consistent. (JAMA Network Open)

Two common surgeries were equally effective for treating trachomatous trichiasis, a potentially blinding eyelid condition. (PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases)

After years of remaining relatively flat, calls to U.S. poison centers about kids consuming energy drinks jumped by 20% in 2023. (ABC News)